Aussie Wendell

Once again, I have so many photographs from Halong Bay, it is hard to choose which ones to share; here are a few...




By the way, Halong Bay (or Ha Long) is about 3 hours from Hanoi and is made up of 1,969 islands of various sizes; only 989 have been given names (I came up with a few if they need any suggestions).

These two formations are known as "The Roosters" that sit far from the other, larger islands.

"It has been proven by scientists that Halong was one of the first cradles of human existence." Our existence on the bay was not so bad in our "junk," an old Chinese sailing vessel that had a wonderful crew with our bedrooms below.

When you travel through/around this amazing archipelago you feel as if you've entered a lost world; its beauty/mystery is intensified by its silence.

We did, however, come across a few floating villages, complete with floating schools for the children, dogs, yes I said dogs on their front porches and a few even have electricity.

We traveled by smaller boat(s) through some of the inlets and caves...